I Believe

To be honest, I would have no desire to get married to a guy I loved, but that's simply because my parents' divorce has made me cynical of the institution. Plus the fact I see it as a religous ceremony, and if I can be described as anything, it would be 'Aethiest'. Despite this, I do care about Gay Marriage, and it's universal legalisation, and I believe it's recognition by the Church of Scotland and the Church of England must also be fought for. Those in homosexual relationships must be allowed to marry in exacly the same way as their heterosexual counterparts, as a matter of principle if nothing else. Additionally, legal recognition for gay and lesbian marriages must equate to straight ones (For example: Next of Kin, benefits, etc).

Now this is a highly controversial issue, and it'll be interesting to see what happens regarding this when the Labour Gvt reform the British Adoption laws this term. However, such adoptions have already taken place under the present system, which is encouraging depending on your point of view.

In theory, I don't object to gay couples adopting children who're badly in need of a home. Stable homosexual couples who meet the standards laid down by the Adoption agency should be available for consideration. The chances are, many homosexual couples are more suitable for raising a child than certain straight couples. However, other issues must be looked at.

I think the combined male and female influences from the parents in traditional families is probably important in the upbringing of a child. Therefore, in my opinion, it would be preferable if the adopted son/daughter of a homosexual couple had an aditional adult figure of the opposite sex to talk to if necessary (a friend of the couple or whatever). I mean, let's face it, all of us either prefer talking to our mum's or our dad's depending on our personality.

Some say though, that the child will be bullied at school. But I think this really depends on your local attitudes - I mean, I really wouldn't recommend a gay couple bringing up a child in a dodgy homophobic neighbourhood. But either way, most kid's will be picked on at some point in their childhood, for some reason or another.

Religious communities are usually divided over the acceptability of homosexuality, but neither side is right or wrong. Christianity for example, is not definative, the bible will always contradict itself - you so make up your own mind. If you believe you were created by God, then how can your sexual orientation be wrong? Surely this is what he intended? So I don't believe in God, but I do believe everything has a reason... don't you think? So if your Minister says gays are evil, then that's just his mis-guided opinion.

Your probably thinking 'What?', but I'll try to explain. This wee bit was kinda inspired by something I read on David Cook's site, which you should check out, btw. David said that he "loves gay people" and that he "loves being gay." And I agree with him! And I really don't know why, but I'm proud to say I'm gay. Your effectively saying "OK, this is who I am, accept it. And if you don't, then you're no loss to me." There's a feel good factor that comes with that.

I know a few gay friends though, that wake up every morning and wish they were straight, and I don't see any reason why anyone should feel like that. As far as homophobes go, "F**k 'em, just f**k 'em!" Parents? Well, their respect isn't worth having if their love is conditional. True friends will always stick by you. And if your ideal in life is to settle down and have kids, well, it's still possible.

Educate the people, or supress the minorities? The power lies with the Governments. I have always said, and will always believe, promotion of equality, acceptance, and inclusion must begin in schools. We have a long way to go before the western countries can call ourselves tolerant, and the rest of the world has even further.

But don't get me wrong, we have made a huge advancement since a few decades ago, and we're still making progress. Everyday the world gets more tolerant.

I drink socially, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, and I don't sleep around. That's me, going against the grain. But I donno, Edinburgh only has a wee Scene, and I haven't really noticed drugs - I pressume they are there though. And I don't actually know if most of the guys sleep around or not. So I'm not the expert. Not my kind of thing though.